Our prediction for this Ligue 1 match:
Lorient
Match Time & Date:
17/12/2023
09:00 AM
Prediction: 2-1
Strasbourg
Sunday’s football game at Stade du Moustoir pits together Lorient and Strasbourg. Les Merlus are desperate to escape the relegation zone and we are positive that they will fight tooth and nail against Le Racing. All Tiemoue Bakayoko, Igor Silva, Ayman Kari, Loris Mouyokolo, Dembo Sylla, and Quentin Boisgard are sidelined with injuries, but there are no suspended players in the home team.
Le Racing, on the other hand, aim to build on a 2-1 win over Le Havre, but home win should be considered this time out as Lorient want this triumph more than Strasbourg. All Ismael Doukoure, Gerzino Nyamsi, and Maxime Bastian are sidelined with injuries, while defender Marvin Senaya should be recalled to the starting XI following his fine performance in the victory over Le Havre. In their last encounter at Stade du Moustoir Lorient recorded a 2-1 win over Strasbourg.
Highlighted Team (Lorient):
Founded back in 1926, Lorient is a French football club that competes in Ligue 1. Les Merlus have yet to win the Ligue 1 trophy, but they did well to go all the way in the Coupe de France in the 2001/02 season. In the title game, Lorient defeated Bastia thanks to Jean-Claude Darcheville’s goal.
The same season les Merlus made it to the Coupe de la Ligue final, but Bordeaux proved to be a big catch (0-3) for them in the title game. Lorient welcome their rivals at Stade du Moustoir, the stadium which can hold up to 16,392 spectators. The colour of the team’s home shirt is orange with a little black on it, while white is the dominant colour of their away jersey. In the 2002/03 season Lorient represented France in European competitions.
Les Merlus, though, failed to impress on their debut in the UEFA Cup as they were beaten by Denizlispor in the round 1 double-header.
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